English

Wikipe-tan as a nekomimi

Noun

nekomimi ‎(plural nekomimi or nekomimis)

1. (chiefly Japanese fiction) A fictional character who has cat ears on top of the head of an otherwise human body, and possibly other feline characteristics as well, such as a tail.
   • 2005 February 17, Rob Kelk, “Re: DiGi Charat without her hat”, in rec.arts.anime.misc, Usenet:

     Thank you, Galen - I was pretty sure that she wasn't really a nekomimi, but this gives me some proof.

Synonyms

• catperson

Hyponyms

• catboy
• catgirl

Hypernyms

• kemonomimi

Quotations

• For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:nekomimi.

Japanese

Romanization

nekomimi

1. rōmaji reading of ねこみみ